CANNES 2012

[Ezee E]

Full lineup tomorrow.

OPENING: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson)
CLOSING: Therese D (Claude Miller)

http://www.francesoir.fr/sites/default/files/dynimagecache/0/1772/1258/0-0-1772-1258-494-351/festival_cannes_2012_affiche.j pg

[Stay Puft]

16 to 27 may

Always get excited this time of year. I'm usually glued to TV Festival de Cannes for the entire duration of the festival.

[Watashi]

*crosses fingers for The Grandmasters*

[soitgoes...]

*crosses fingers for The Grandmasters*

Almost zero chance of this happening. It isn't supposed to open in China for at least another eight months. Though I'd gladly eat crow if I turn out to be wrong.

[B-side]

Yeah, The Grandmasters will not be at Cannes. I guarantee that. There's word it may not get released until next year. TIFF or Venice at the absolute earliest.

[Boner M]

I'm hoping Ulrich Seidl's Paradise makes the lineup more than any other film.

[Derek]

I'm hoping Ulrich Seidl's Paradise makes the lineup more than any other film.

Ooh, yeah. Import/Export was great.

[B-side]

OPENING FILM
Moonrise Kingdom (dir. Wes Anderson) [Also In Competition]

CLOSING FILM
Therese Desqueyroux (dir. Claude Miller)

IN COMPETITION
Rust and Bone (dir. Jacques Audiard)
Holy Motors (dir. Leos Carax)
Cosmopolis (dir. David Cronenberg)
The Paperboy (dir. Lee Daniels)
Killing Them Softly (dir. Andrew Dominik)
Reality (dir. Matteo Garrone)
Love (Amour) (dir. Michael Haneke)
Lawless (dir. John Hillcoat)
In Another Country (Da-Reun Na-Ra-E-Suh) (dir. Sangsoo Hong)
Taste of Money (dir. Sangsoo Im)
Like Someone In Love (dir. Abbas Kiarostami)
The Angels' Share (dir. Ken Loach)
Beyond the Hills (dir. Cristian Mungiu)
Baad el Mawkeaa Apres la Bataille) (dir. Yousry Nasrallah)
Mud (dir. Jeff Nichols)
You Haven't Seen Anything Yet (Vous n'avez encore rien vu) (dir. Alain RESNAIS)
Post Tenebras Lux (dir. Carlos Reygadas)
On the Road (dir. Walter Salles)
Paradies: Liebe (dir. Ulrich Seidl)
The Hunt (Jagten) (dir. Thomas Vinterberg)
Im Nebel (Dans la Brume) (dir. Sergei Loznitsa)

UN CERTAIN REGARD
Miss Lovely (dir. Ashim Ahluwalia)
La Playa (dir. Juan Andres Arango)
Les Chevaus de Dieu (dir. Nabil Ayouch)
Trois Mondes (dir. Catherine Corsini)
Antiviral (dir. Brandon Cronenberg)
7 Dias en la Habana (dir. Laurent Cantet, Benicio Del Toro, Julio Medem, Gaspar Noe, Elia Suleiman, Juan Carlos Tabio and Pablo Trapero)
Le Grand Soir (dir. Benoit DELEPINE and Gustave Kervern)
Laurence Anyways (dir. Xavier Dolan)
Despues de Lucia (dir. Michel Franco)
Aimer a Perdre la Raison (dir. Joachim Lafosse)
Mystery (dir. Lou Ye)
Student (dir. Darezhan Omirbayev)
La Pirogue (dir. Moussa Toure)
Elefante Blanco (dir. Pablo Trapero)
Confession of a Child of the Century (dir. Sylvie Verheyde)
11.25 the Day He Chose His Own Fate (dir. Koji Wakamatsu)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (dir. Benh Zeitlin)

OUT OF COMPETITION
Ai Io Makoto (dir. Takashi Miike)
Io e Te (dir. Bernardo Bertolucci)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (dir. Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath)
Hemingway and Gellhorn (dir. Philip Kaufman)

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
Dario Argento's Dracula 3-D (dir. Dario Argento)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Garbage in the Garden of Eden (Der mull im garten Eden) (dir. Faith AKIN)
ROMAN POLANSKI: A FILM MEMOIR (dir. Laurent BOUZEREAU)
THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE (dir. Ken BURNS, Sarah BURNS and David MCMAHON)
LES INVISIBLES (dir. Sebastien LIFSHITZ)
JOURNAL DE FRANCE (dir. Claudine NOUGARET and Raymond DEPARDON)
A MUSICA SEGUNDO TOM JOBIM (dir. Nelson PEREIRA DOS SANTOS)
VILLEGAS (dir. Gonzalo TOBAL)
MEKONG HOTEL (dir. Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL)

[B-side]

Excited for all of these:

Moonrise Kingdom (dir. Wes Anderson)
Holy Motors (dir. Leos Carax)
Cosmopolis (dir. David Cronenberg)
Killing Them Softly (dir. Andrew Dominik)
Love (Amour) (dir. Michael Haneke)
Lawless (dir. John Hillcoat)
In Another Country (Da-Reun Na-Ra-E-Suh) (dir. Sangsoo Hong)
Taste of Money (dir. Sangsoo Im)
Like Someone In Love (dir. Abbas Kiarostami)
The Angels' Share (dir. Ken Loach)
Beyond the Hills (dir. Cristian Mungiu)
Mud (dir. Jeff Nichols)
You Haven't Seen Anything Yet (Vous n'avez encore rien vu) (dir. Alain RESNAIS)
Post Tenebras Lux (dir. Carlos Reygadas)
On the Road (dir. Walter Salles)
Paradies: Liebe (dir. Ulrich Seidl)
The Hunt (Jagten) (dir. Thomas Vinterberg)
7 Dias en la Habana (dir. Laurent Cantet, Benicio Del Toro, Julio Medem, Gaspar Noe, Elia Suleiman, Juan Carlos Tabio and Pablo Trapero)
Laurence Anyways (dir. Xavier Dolan)
Student (dir. Darezhan Omirbayev)
Io e Te (dir. Bernardo Bertolucci)
MEKONG HOTEL (dir. Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL)

[Boner M]

I'm hoping Ulrich Seidl's Paradise makes the lineup more than any other film.
Well done Cannes.

And... CARAX!!!

[dreamdead]

I didn't think it was likely that Malick could debut projects in successive years. Sad, but understandable.

Regardless, I'm excited for:

Moonrise Kingdom (dir. Wes Anderson)
Cosmopolis (dir. David Cronenberg)
Lawless (dir. John Hillcoat)
In Another Country (Da-Reun Na-Ra-E-Suh) (dir. Sangsoo Hong)
Like Someone In Love (dir. Abbas Kiarostami)
You Haven't Seen Anything Yet (Vous n'avez encore rien vu) (dir. Alain RESNAIS)
The Hunt (Jagten) (dir. Thomas Vinterberg)
Mystery (dir. Lou Ye)

I'm sure some of these names I've never heard of will surprise me. I also hold out hope that Vinterberg will someday rival Festen...

[Ezee E]

Philip Kaufman has a new movie? Cool.

I'll have to check out the synopsis' of all these.

[Raiders]

Bertolucci is back??? And in 3D???

[Boner M]

Xavier Dolan's UCR film is almost 3 hours long, what a precocious little fuckwit.

If Resnais' film is even half as senile and quietly deranged as Wild Grass I'll be happy.

[number8]

Oh shit, Madagascar 3?!! It's nice to see Eric Darnell back with a new movie.

[Morris Schæffer]

Rust and bone all the way!!

[Stay Puft]

Nice to see Fatih Akin finally has something new again (never seen one of his documentaries before, though).


MEKONG HOTEL (dir. Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL)

This appears to have been part of something called Quattro Hongkong 2 which features four short works:

Open Verdict (dir. Yuhang Ho)
13 Minutes in the Lives of... (dir. Stanley Kwan)
Purple (dir. Brillante Mendoza)
M Hotel (dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

I guess he has expanded "M Hotel" into a longer work? The runtime is apparently one hour and one minute.

[Watashi]

Not listed, but Cannes is premiering the 269 minute "redux cut" of Once Upon a Time in America.

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/in-contention/posts/269-minute-redux-cut-of-sergio-leones-once-upon-a-time-in-america-to-premiere-at-cannes

[Boner M]

This blog has a bunch of synopses for the comp (http://www.bonjourtristesse.net/2012/04/2012-cannes-film-festival-official.html) and UCR (http://www.bonjourtristesse.net/2012/04/2012-cannes-film-festival-un-certain.html) titles.

Post Tenebras Lux sounds like Reygadas' Mirror.

[Boner M]

LOL at the synopsis of Cronenberg's son's film:


A horror film about a clinic that harvests viruses from sick celebrities in order to sell them to obsessed fans

[Pop Trash]

LOL at the synopsis of Cronenberg's son's film:

Man I hate nepotism.

[Boner M]

Man I hate nepotism.
Oh c'mon it's not so bahttp://horrornews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Boxing-Helena-poster-1-336x500.jpg

[Izzy Black]

Excited for the Carax, Dominik, Garrone, Haneke, Loach, Weerasethakul, Resnais, Hillcoat, and kaufman pictures.

[baby doll]

I've loved films by Anderson, Audiard, Bertolucci, Carax, Cronenberg père, Haneke, Kiarostami, Resnais, Reygadas, and Weerasethakul in the past, and I've liked films by Akin, Daniels, Dolan, Garrone, Hillcoat, Hong, Loach, Mungiu, and Nichols, so I'll probably check those out once I get the chance (unless word-of-mouth is really, really dreadful), as well as the Seidl, even though I didn't much care for Dog Days or Import/Export.

[Boner M]

I dunno, 'jeered at Cannes' can sometime be a glowing endorsement (The Brown Bunny, House of Tolerance, The Banishment...).

[Izzy Black]

Or more famously L'Avventura for that matter.

But there are different kinds of bad press from Cannes. Some is more instructive than others.

[Ezee E]

Without knowing a thing about any of the movies, I'm feeling a major award for either Hillcoat or Dominik.

[Pop Trash]

I dunno, 'jeered at Cannes' can sometime be a glowing endorsement (The Brown Bunny, House of Tolerance, The Banishment...).

I recall Synecdoche, NY being heavily panned at Cannes, and it ended up my fave movie of that year. Ebert later named it his fave movie of the decade.

[Pop Trash]

Oh c'mon it's not so bad

SHERILYN FENN IS NOT SO BAD AMIRITE?! :eek:

[Pop Trash]

Without knowing a thing about any of the movies, I'm feeling a major award for either Hillcoat or Dominik.

Dominik > Hillcoat

[baby doll]

I dunno, 'jeered at Cannes' can sometime be a glowing endorsement (The Brown Bunny, House of Tolerance, The Banishment...).Good point, although a lot depends on the type of bad reviews that a movie gets. I don't think I'll lose any sleep over not having seen Habeus Papum or Polisse.

[Boner M]

Buncha stills from the Reygadas. (http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/gorgeous-first-look-at-carlos-reygadas-cannes-contender-post-tenebras-lux-20120421?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter) :eek:

[B-side]

Buncha stills from the Reygadas. (http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/gorgeous-first-look-at-carlos-reygadas-cannes-contender-post-tenebras-lux-20120421?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter) :eek:

Definitely Reygadas' take on Tarkovsky's The Mirror.

[Irish]

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
Dario Argento's Dracula 3-D (dir. Dario Argento)

This sounds like some kind of joke. I must see it.

[Spinal]

This sounds like some kind of joke. I must see it.

Someone posted the trailer here a while back. It did kind of look like a joke.

[Ezee E]

I wouldn't bother....

[Boner M]

Director's Fortnight & special screenings announced. Wheatley, Gondry, Ruiz, Larrain and Dupieux stand out.

THE WE AND THE I de Michel Gondry (Etats-Unis) (Film d’ouverture)
3 de Pablo Stoll Ward (Uruguay)
ADIEU BERTHE, L’ENTERREMENT DE MÉMÉ de Bruno Podalydès (France)
ALYAH d’Elie Wajeman (France)
THE KING OF PIGS de Yeun Sang-ho (Corée du Sud)
DANGEROUS LIAISONS de Jin-ho Hur (Chine)
ERNEST ET CELESTINE e Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar et Benjamin Renner (France, BBelgique, Luxembourg)
FOGO de Yulen Olaizola (Mexique)
GANGS OF WASSEYPUR d’Anurag Kashyap (Inde)
ENFANCE CLANDESTINE de Benjamin Avila (Argentine)
NO de Pablo Larrain (Chili)
OPERATION LIBERTAD de Nicolas Wadimoff (Suisse)
RENGAINE de Rachid Djaidani (France)
ROOM 237 de Rodney Ascher (Etats-Unis)
LA SIRGA de William Vega (Colombie, France, Mexique)
SUENO Y SILENCIO de Jaime Rosales (Espagne)
LE REPENTI de Merzak Allouache (Algérie)
UNE FAMILLE RESPECTABLE de Massoud Bakhshi (Iran)
CAMILLE REDOUBLE de Noémie Lvovsky (France) (Film de clôture)

Séances spéciales
LA NUIT D’EN FACE de Raoul Ruiz (Chili, France)
SIGHTSEERS de Ben Wheatley (Royaume-Uni)

Courts-métrages
AVEC JEFF, A MOTO de Marie-Eve Juste (Canada)
KONIGSBERG de Philipp Mayrhofer
LES MORTS-VIVANTS d’Anita Rocha da Silveira (Brésil)
PORCS ENRAGES de Leonardo Sette et Isabel Penoni (Brésil)
DRAWN FROM MEMORY de Marcin Bortkiewicz (Pologne)
RODRI de Franco Lolli (France)
THE CURSE de Fyzal Boulifa (Maroc)
TRAM de Michaela Pavlatova (République Tchèque, France)
WRONG COPS de Quentin Dupieux (France)

[B-side]

Rooooo-eeeeez

[Izzy Black]

Buncha stills from the Reygadas. (http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/gorgeous-first-look-at-carlos-reygadas-cannes-contender-post-tenebras-lux-20120421?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter) :eek:

That's some wicked scope.

[Yxklyx]

I dunno, 'jeered at Cannes' can sometime be a glowing endorsement (The Brown Bunny, House of Tolerance, The Banishment...).


Wait, why was House of Tolerance jeered at Cannes?

[Stay Puft]

ERNEST ET CELESTINE e Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar et Benjamin Renner (France, BBelgique, Luxembourg)

These are the guys who made A Town Called Panic. I didn't know they had a new film, that's cool.

[baby doll]

It's vaguely reassuring to me that Larrain isn't quite prestigious enough for the main competition.

[kopello]

Buncha stills from the Reygadas. (http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/gorgeous-first-look-at-carlos-reygadas-cannes-contender-post-tenebras-lux-20120421?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter) :eek:

Haven't seen anything from him yet, but goddamn, looks fantastic.

[B-side]

Haven't seen anything from him yet, but goddamn, looks fantastic.

You're missing out. Watch Silent Light ASAP.

[Boner M]

Full jury:

Nanni Moretti (president)
Ryan Gosling
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Diane Kruger
Emmanuelle Devos
Ewan McGregor
Raoul Peck
Alexander Payne

[B-side]

Whoops, wrong person. Ignore this.

[NickGlass]

Full jury:

Nanni Moretti (president)
Ryan Gosling
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Diane Kruger
Emmanuelle Devos
Ewan McGregor
Raoul Peck
Alexander Payne

Am I missing a joke, or did you mistakenly put Gosling in there instead of Andrea Arnold?

[number8]

Ryan Gosling is in everything.

[Stay Puft]

Am I missing a joke, or did you mistakenly put Gosling in there instead of Andrea Arnold?

Also missing Hiam Abbass.

[Boner M]

LOL I copied a rumoured jury list accidentally.

Anyway, here's the UCR jury:

Tom Shadyac
Christian Slater
Shannon Tweed
Hermain Cain
Demi Lovato
RL Stine

[B-side]

http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz70/SalvadorDali_2010/mfw/cainsmile.gif

[MadMan]

LOL I copied a rumoured jury list accidentally.

Anyway, here's the UCR jury:

Tom Shadyac
Christian Slater
Shannon Tweed
Hermain Cain
Demi Lovato
RL Stine:lol: :pritch:

Hermain Cain could be the stand-in for Armond White....

[Boner M]

Yup, that's a Seidl scene (http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/mediaPlayer/11639.html) alright.

[number8]

Just saw Polisse last night. Pretty cool.

[Boner M]

Just saw Polisse last night. Pretty cool.
Most certainly not.

[number8]

I dunno, I like aimless, cynical, verite slice-of-life.

[Boner M]

The scene where they go disco-dancing after news of the injured baby's survival is hilariously bad. So many things undermining the realism that the film strives for.

[number8]

That and the suicide are probably the two worst scenes; the rest I didn't have a problem with. It's just sort of nothing new and pointless, but pieced together strikingly enough. I really like the humor of it, most of all.

It's like if David Simon tried to do a movie about one subject and then the production got completely taken over by Julie Delpy.

[Boner M]

I really like the humor of it, most of all.
The team trying to contain their laughter during the young girl's confession is definitely the best part.

[number8]

The team trying to contain their laughter during the young girl's confession is definitely the best part.

I laughed out loud when the female cop lost her temper at the Muslim father and all her cop friends started gathering behind her as back up.

"Do you want me to get you anything?"
"WATER!!!"

[Stay Puft]

The screening schedule for comp films, for anybody curious about when to expect reactions to specific films (press usually get to see these a day in advance):

Thursday 17th:
Rust and Bone (Jacques Audiard)
After the Battle (Yousry Nasrallah)

Friday 18th:
Reality (Matteo Garrone)
PARADISE: Love (Ulrich Seidl)

Saturday 19th:
Lawless (John Hillcoat)
Beyond the Hills (Cristian Mungiu)

Sunday 20th:
Love (Michael Haneke)
The Hunt (Thomas Vinterberg)

Monday 21st:
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet! (Alain Resnais)
Like Someone in Love (Abbas Kiarostami)
In Another Country (Hong Sang-soo)

Tuesday 22nd:
Killing Them Softly (Andrew Dominik)
The Angel's Share (Ken Loach)

Wednesday 23rd:
On the Road (Walter Salles)
Holy Motors (Leo Carax)

Thursday 24th:
The Paperboy (Lee Daniels)
Post Tenebras Lux (Carlos Reygadas)

Friday 25th:
Cosmopolis (David Cronenberg)
In the Fog (Sergei Loznitsa)

Saturday 26th:
Mud (Jeff Nichols)
The Taste of Money (Im Sang-soo)

[Morris Schæffer]

I should see Rust and Bone within the following week so pretty excited about that.

[Spaceman Spiff]

What's the word on Audiard's latest? I might catch that one of these days as well. I love me some Cotillard.

[Ezee E]

What's the word on Audiard's latest? I might catch that one of these days as well. I love me some Cotillard.
Read nothing but great things on the twitter feed this morning. A departure from Audiard's previous movies, but quite the gut wrencher. Looking forward to it.

[Boner M]

Read nothing but great things on the twitter feed this morning. A departure from Audiard's previous movies, but quite the gut wrencher. Looking forward to it.
I've read mostly mediocre things, though D'Angelo's defending it.

[Boner M]

Ulrich Seidl's "Paradise: Love" is hardly the first film to explore the world of wealthy women and the young studs who service them; it's not even the first to do it in a sex-tourism context, having been beaten to the punch by 2006's "Heading South." But it sure as hell is the dirtiest. Full of explicit sex that will restrict it to niche distribution in only the most tolerant territories, it challenges auds throughout on a multitude of levels. Repulsive and sublimely beautiful, arguably celebratory and damning of its characters, it's hideous and masterful all at once, "Salo" with sunburn... Reactions were deeply divided after the first press screening in Cannes...

Yep, that's Seidl alright.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Sounds like one o' them ugly people doing ugly things in ugly buildings flicks.

[Boner M]

So far Cristian Mungui's Beyond the Hills seems to be the only comp title that's won passionate support from some corners so far, though it's been divisive (reports of Cannes' beloved boos). Which, considering my relative indifference to the universally acclaimed 4 Months..., is encouraging.

[Dukefrukem]

Channels my best Louis CK: I don't know who this fuck is, I know nothing about, except that he's a 23 year old director, but I hate him solely on the way he fucking looks here.

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/81Fb8Q7.6Aenz7W0qzm6cA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD 0zNDE7cT04NTt3PTUxMg--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1337369748302-1-0.jpg

[elixir]

Oh Duke, you would LOVE Heartbeats.....lol

[Pop Trash]

Orson Welles was 25 when he made Citizen Kane, but he did have better hair than that guy.

[Boner M]

Don't mind his films (though not sure I'd sit through the near-3hr film he has this year) but based on all his interviews and public appearances he's indeed seems like a massive fuckwit.

[B-side]

He looks adorable in that picture.

[Stay Puft]

Mekong Hotel (Joe): 41. Strictly a doodle, and formally drab to boot. Supernatural elements feel shoehorned in. Guitar score is pleasant.

:sad:

[Boner M]

It's found its champions elsewhere (mostly diehard Joe fans).

[baby doll]

The screening schedule for comp films, for anybody curious about when to expect reactions to specific films (press usually get to see these a day in advance):

Monday 21st:
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet! (Alain Resnais)
Like Someone in Love (Abbas Kiarostami)
In Another Country (Hong Sang-soo)I guess that's one way to beat the Monday blues.

[number8]

He looks adorable in that picture.

Glad I'm not the only one.

[Dukefrukem]

Sean Penn, please leave our planet and go to one that is perfect for you to not be annoying on.

[soitgoes...]

Sean Penn, please leave our planet and go to one that is perfect for you to not be annoying on.Because he cares about the Haitian people?

[B-side]

Caring about less privileged people is kinda gay, soitgoes.

[soitgoes...]

Caring about less privileged people is kinda gay, soitgoes.

And gay is bad? I'm learning as I go here.

[B-side]

And gay is bad? I'm learning as I go here.

Duh. It's a synonym for bad, like "hate" is synonymous with "loathe" or "disdain".

[Boner M]

Keep up the first-rate Cannes coverage, Duke.

[B-side]

Surely Duke will be checking out all of the films premiering there, yeah?

[Winston*]

Hey, Hong Sang-soo, go fuck yourself!

[Spinal]

Thomas Vinterberg is a Nazi.

[Boner M]

Even by Haneke's standards, the acclaim for his latest (http://storify.com/ArtificialEye/love-amour-at-cannes?awesm=sfy.co_yS3&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=sfy.co-twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=storify-pingback) is pretty deafening. Sounds like a powerhouse.

Playing at Sydney next month! :pritch:

[soitgoes...]

Even by Haneke's standards, the acclaim for his latest (http://storify.com/ArtificialEye/love-amour-at-cannes?awesm=sfy.co_yS3&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=sfy.co-twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=storify-pingback) is pretty deafening. Sounds like a powerhouse.

Playing at Sydney next month! :pritch:

The last thirty seconds or so of the trailer pretty much sealed this as being something great, at least in my mind. I can't wait until I get to see this sometime hopefully around the end of the year.

[Raiders]

There is about a 33% chance I will like Haneke's new film. I do very much want to see it though.

[Boner M]

There is about a 33% chance I will like Haneke's new film. I do very much want to see it though.
Which of his are you on board with?

[Raiders]

Which of his are you on board with?

Code Unknown and The Piano Teacher.

[Russ]

Code Unknown and The Piano Teacher.
Have you seen Cache? Saw it recently and was floored.

[Boner M]

Those two + Cache are the holy trinity for me. Like Ribbon and Continent too, meh on the rest.

[Raiders]

Have you seen Cache? Saw it recently and was floored.

Yeah, that's the one remaining I still want to see (other than this new one). Seventh Continent and 71 Fragments... don't seem like films that are going to be my bag. Seen and disliked the rest.

[Spinal]

71 Fragments is pretty similar to Code Unknown actually.

[Ezee E]

Ben Lyons responded to my tweet.

[Ezee E]

Ben Lyons ‏@iamBenLyons
Aaaaaaaaaand that's a wrap for me @ #Cannes! http://instagr.am/p/K1ueP-D_z4/

Eric ‏@EzeeE1983
@iamBenLyons it's not even through the first weekend man!!

“@iamBenLyons:Saw 8 movies in 3 days including Lawless twice. I'm trying man!”

[Pop Trash]

I'm with Raiders on the Haneke skepticism, despite him obviously being a sharp guy. I do like The Piano Teacher and Cache though. Attempted to watch The White Ribbon twice and kept falling asleep. Never been a big fan of the Funny Games movies despite strangely defending them lately in light of Cabin in the Woods. I seem to remember Time of the Wolf being OK, but I barely remember it. Haven't seen the rest.

I also remember Raiders writing something one time to the effect that Haneke understands a lot about filmmaking, but not a whole lot about human beings, which is also the most apt way of describing how I feel about him.

The new flick does sound really good, possibly without a lot of the usual Haneke preoccupations, and closer to a straightforward Bergman-y film.

[Ezee E]

I love and hate some of Haneke's movies.

I'll see anything he does because of that. Gonna go into that one without watching the trailer. Hopefully he comes to Telluride sometime.

Is he a director that doesn't travel overseas a la Almodovar, von Trier?

[Pop Trash]

Is he a director that doesn't travel overseas a la Almodovar, von Trier?

I don't think so. I remember seeing him pick up an award at either The Golden Globes or Academy Awards one time. He seemed surprisingly happy and smiley.

[Dukefrukem]

Because he cares about the Haitian people?

Out of context it really does look like I'm the prick.

[soitgoes...]

Out of context it really does look like I'm the prick.

What's the context then? This is the Cannes thread. Sean Penn urged people at Cannes to give more for Haitian relief, in a rather brusk way, sure, but his intentions are still good. The guy's basically lived in Haiti since the earthquake. I was just responding to your post, because unless there's something else I'm not hearing about, I don't see how he can be hated on for that.

[Dukefrukem]

What's the context then? This is the Cannes thread. Sean Penn urged people at Cannes to give more for Haitian relief, in a rather brusk way, sure, but his intentions are still good. The guy's basically lived in Haiti since the earthquake. I was just responding to your post, because unless there's something else I'm not hearing about, I don't see how he can be hated on for that.

Yeh and he did so in a explicit inappropriate manner AT Cannes. Don't misconstrue the need to help others less fortunate while ignoring pompous arrogant behavior. It's annoying and he's always been annoying like this.

[Winston*]

If Sean Penn being annoying helps to draw attention to massive human suffering, then I'm all for Sean Penn being annoying.

If Sean Penn being annoying helps to draw attention to Jude Law's acting talents, then I'm less in favour.

[Derek]

The J/P Haitian Relief Organization is one of our finest young Haitian Relief Organizations.

[soitgoes...]

Yeh and he did so in a explicit inappropriate manner AT Cannes. Don't misconstrue the need to help others less fortunate while ignoring pompous arrogant behavior. It's annoying and he's always been annoying like this.

But it was at a charity event. The people were there to help support his cause. They weren't random people. Even if they were I don't think I would fault him because, of what others said, it was for a worthy cause of which people should be made more aware .

[B-side]

LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (A): Female soul/body/mind as formality object, male denial of that tradition, & the consequences. Titanic.

Like Someone in Love - plays off of Certified Copy's interests in what makes us love another person in a minimally sorrowful and absurdist package. Serene and blissfully drawn out moments & car rides (natch) dare us to add it all up to something, only refusing to be defined. Thought of Akerman's NEWS FROM HOME on occasion, but really it's like nothing I've seen or experienced before; will need another look (7.9)

I have no idea what that even was. Apparently the folks that do think it's a masterpiece that reinvents cinema. Get excited, folks!

...the narrative becomes an extended quid pro quo where the characters decide to take on different personas out of either desire or happenstance, or both. Thus, Takashi turns into the protector that Akiko sorely lacks as a young woman alone in the big city, while she becomes the granddaughter that the reclusive academic seems to be estranged from.
...
Technically speaking, Like Someone in Love is exquisitely made, from the shadowy nuanced cinematography of Takeshi Kitano regular Katsumi Yanagijima to the rich sound design of Reza Narimazadeh (A Separation). While there are several aesthetically imposing scenes, perhaps the most memorable is a trancelike sequence of Akiko crossing Tokyo in a taxicab at night – an impressive dance of movement, light and layered voices that certainly gives Sofia Coppola a run for her money.

Can't fucking wait.

[soitgoes...]

Can't fucking wait.

Yeah, I didn't read any of that but I can't wait for Haneke's film either.

[B-side]

Yeah, I didn't read any of that but I can't wait for Haneke's film either.

Psh. Kiarostami > Haneke.

http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz70/SalvadorDali_2010/mfw/Rugrats2B-2BCome2BAt2BMe2BBro.jpg

[Boner M]

Psh. Kiarostami > Haneke]I'm usually more curious about a new Haneke, but Kiarostami's superior in the long run.

[Morris Schæffer]

Our local TV guide reviews Rust and Bone and the guy definitely liked it, loved some parts, but it's the kinda of movie that should end at an absolutely pitch-perfect moment, but is then slightly undone by a completely unnecessary epilogue. I'm seeing it tomorrow.

[B-side]

I'm usually more curious about a new Haneke, but Kiarostami's superior in the long run.

Can't say I agree on the first part. Agreed on the second, of course.

[Dukefrukem]

But it was at a charity event. The people were there to help support his cause. They weren't random people. Even if they were I don't think I would fault him because, of what others said, it was for a worthy cause of which people should be made more aware .

Maybe your judgment is being clouded by Malickism.

*leaves thread*

[B-side]

durr liberal actors and their charities

and what of these spoiled occupy kids?

get a job or something

[Morris Schæffer]

Some Gerard Butler cannes soundbites:


A succession of stars, from Dominic Cooper to Jake Gyllenhaal, have reportedly passed on Motor City, but Butler is convinced it’s a winner. He says of the screenplay: “It starts with me running across the roof of a skyscraper, carrying a dead body over my shoulder, and I drop it off the building so it lands on a car. The next minute I’m down on the ground, go up to another car, stick my shotgun into the window without even looking and fire it, killing the passenger instantly. And then all hell really breaks loose! It’s one of the coolest openings to a movie I’ve ever read. I went, ‘Okay, I like that – when do we start?’”


But he seems most excited about Iraq-set actioner Thunder Run, which he says will co-star Sam Worthington and Matthew McConaughey, and will, in an unusual move, use bleeding-edge tech to recreate a historical event.

“It’s about the initial attack on Baghdad, as US troops went in with a column of tanks called the Thunder Run — and it’s going to be done like Avatar,” Butler says. “My face and body will be recorded with little cameras and everything else will be CGI, painted in in the background. I’ve never read a script with more action, more explosions, more violence. If you didn’t do it like this, it would cost $300 million. I saw a three-minute test-piece and it blew my balls off.”

[Stay Puft]

Technically speaking, Like Someone in Love is exquisitely made, from the shadowy nuanced cinematography of Takeshi Kitano regular Katsumi Yanagijima to the rich sound design of Reza Narimazadeh (A Separation).

I said goddamn.


an impressive dance of movement, light and layered voices that certainly gives Sofia Coppola a run for her money

...and then laughed my ass off.

[B-side]

...and then laughed my ass off.

Yeah, I don't see Sofia Coppola as the benchmark for moody urban milieu and layered soundtracks.

[dreamdead]

Yeah, I don't see Sofia Coppola as the benchmark for moody urban milieu and layered soundtracks.

Naturally the connection concerns a foreign filmmaker exploring Japan's cityscape via traveling, but it does seem a bit too simplistic... I'm hesitating excited for new Kiarostami. Certified Copy was marvelous, but the script doesn't sound up to the same standard.

[Izzy Black]

Seems like a good reference to me.

[B-side]

Seems like a good reference to me.

I'm a fan of hers, but I don't believe her to be the benchmark for such a subject.

[Izzy Black]

I don't know about "benchmark" but she's certainly a master of it, and perhaps the most well-known director of that style (though I'd personally think of Hou Hsiao-hsien first), and as dreamdead notes, this bears more than a little resemblance to Lost in Translation, both in style and content, even if it's expected to be radically different.

[Izzy Black]

And I'm very interested in seeing this film, but I thought the trailer's synchonizing the titles with the music was a bit amateurish. Not to mention the Microsoft movie-maker blandness of the titles in general. I'm not a font queen or anything but when your trailer depends so heavily on the titles, at least make them good. I was a little underwhelmed by the trailer.

[Morris Schæffer]

Too early to say something coherent concerning Rust and Bone as I just got back, but it's definitely a few steps down from A Prophet. You know, as a romance, this is leagues ahead of the usual Hollywood crap, and yet, I already feel like the movie is passing into oblivion. It feels natural enough, you just can't say the acting is bad or mediocre, but perhaps it is just a tad too fatalistic as well as sporting protagonists that are a wee bit too emotionally disconnected. I suppose I could see them change - possibly for the better - but some things didn't quite ring completely true. We get that Ali is a bad father, but somewhere down the line, that seems to change a bit for the better, but it's not quite gradual, not quite organic enough. Thought it was a bit abrupt. Anyhow, would love to hear some more reactions from the rest.

[Boner M]

Lengthiest applause I've heard for a #Cannes movie so far: Leos Carax's HOLY MOTORS now. Wackiest movie I've ever seen in Cannes.

HOLY MOTORS: Leos Carax, the anti-Hulot, traces a chameleon's rage & love across Paris. Dualities abound; utterly cool.

Holy Motors - so singularly weird and exhilaratingly cinematic that it doesn't even matter what it means. Awesome. (8.5)

Sample Holy Motors scene: Eva Mendes in a burka, singing a lullaby to a naked man with an erection who just ate her hair

HOLY MOTORS! HOLY MOTORS! HOLY MOTORS! HOLY MOTORS! HOLY MOTORS! HOLY MOTORS! Best of #Cannes thus far, Carax's MULHOLLAND DR. (More soon.)

Carax's Holy Motors was a holy mess of nutso go-for-broke filmmaking--wild, surreal and fully committed. Crazed applause to match. #cannes

:eek:

D'Angelo gave it an 88 with 'holy shit' as his only review. :eek:

[number8]

Yesssss. I hear there's one scene that's a reference to his Tokyo! segment, too.

[Russ]

Well, that just shot to #1 on my must-see list.

[Boner M]

Still haven't seen Tokyo!, dunno why. I'm a fan of all three dudes.

[number8]

Still haven't seen Tokyo!, dunno why. I'm a fan of all three dudes.

It's better than Paris, Je t'aime and New York, I Love You!

[Boner M]

Trailer (http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/mediaPlayer/12214.html), btw

:eek:

[Pop Trash]

It's better than Paris, Je t'aime and New York, I Love You!

But still not as good as Branson, MO: Let's Just Be Friends

[Izzy Black]

Finally Carax getting his dues. Can't fuggin wait.

[Boner M]

btw the now famous press kit (http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/045904.pdf).

Pretty sure this will be Melville's favorite movie of all time.

[Russ]

btw the now famous press kit (http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/045904.pdf).Pretty sure this will be Melville's favorite movie of all time.
Additional music: Godzilla, Main Title

:)

[B-side]

Jesus. This Cannes is proving to be possibly even more promising than last year's.

[Ezee E]

Jesus. This Cannes is proving to be possibly even more promising than last year's.
Pretty much every Cannes has amazing stuff. Their winners are just odd sometimes.

[soitgoes...]

Their winners are just odd sometimes.
I think they do a rather good job at picking the winners. Since 1999 a few of the choices are strange (Loach, Moore, maybe the Moretti - haven't seen it), but other than those an argument can be made for each of the winners. Heck, three of the winners are in my top 100.

[Ezee E]

I think they do a rather good job at picking the winners. Since 1999 a few of the choices are strange (Loach, Moore, maybe the Moretti - haven't seen it), but other than those an argument can be made for each of the winners. Heck, three of the winners are in my top 100.
Totally agree actually. There's just random years where the whole lineup of winners seems bizarre, despite there being some ridiculously good movies there otherwise.

[Izzy Black]

Ugh, I want to see the new Carax.

[Raiders]

Think I'll watch my first Carax tonight in anticipation. Probably Mauvais sang (only four to choose from anyway).

[Spaceman Spiff]

Enjoy Raiders. Awesome flick.

[Izzy Black]

Lovers on the Bridge is my favorite Carax.

[Pop Trash]

Nice Film Comment discussion (written pre-Carax premiere):

http://www.filmlinc.com/film-comment/entry/cannes-roundtable-amy-taubin-gavin-smith-todd-mccarthy-scott-foundas

[Boner M]

And heeeere come the pretzels... (Lee Daniels' The Paperboy just premiered)

[Melville]

Pretty sure this will be Melville's favorite movie of all time.
I'll hold you responsible if it isn't.


Think I'll watch my first Carax tonight in anticipation. Probably Mauvais sang (only four to choose from anyway).
Though I suspect you'll share Boner's preference for Mauvais sang, definitely see Lovers on the Bridge. It's awesome. I'm biased, in that it's about obsessive romance, but still...it's awesome.

[angrycinephile]

And heeeere come the pretzels... (Lee Daniels' The Paperboy just premiered)

Mike D'Angelo:


The Paperboy (Daniels): 9. Lee Daniels: Worst filmmaker of our time, or worst filmmaker of all time? Discuss.

Jonathan Romney:


THE PAPERBOY: a right old Southern gumbo but weirdly enjoyable. Right now Lee Daniels could well be the world's best bad director.

Robbie Collin:


THE PAPERBOY is the first bona fide fiasco of the festival. So bad it has to be seen to be believed. Transcendentally shambolic.

I kind of want to see this.

[Raiders]

It's an interesting question, kind of like... Mike D'Angelo: Most irritating critic of our time, or most irritating critic of all time? Discuss.

I'm being facetious, though I never do understand why we care what he thinks. There are much more thoughtful, intelligent and useful critics in every corner of the Internet.

[Boner M]

Might as well echo here that The Paperboy has an already-infamous scene where Kidman pees on Zac Efron to treat a jellyfish sting. Lee Daniels really has his finger on the pulse of the twittersphere.

[number8]

Oh, sure, NOW it's infamous. But when Malin Akerman did it to Ben Stiller, no one cared.

[Pop Trash]

Might as well echo here that The Paperboy has an already-infamous scene where Kidman pees on Zac Efron to treat a jellyfish sting. Lee Daniels really has his finger on the pulse of the twittersphere.

Is that the 'Basic Instinct' moment I read about? This sounds like it could be a good piece of wack job melodrama ala Wild Things or Mommie Dearest.

[B-side]

Oddly more excited for this gonzo melodrama than most other films from the festival now.

[Rowland]

Not that much of anybody expected otherwise, but Dario Argento's Dracula 3D is almost unanimously being regarded as a fucking terrible embarrassment. I was at least hoping for something deliciously trashy like Mother of Tears, but reports are that his latest isn't even entertainingly insane, just depressing.

[KK2.0]

Trailer (http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/mediaPlayer/12214.html), btw

:eek:

looks great, i've watched Lovers on the Bridge many years ago and remember enjoying it but forgot everything else, except a scene with the lovers running naked on the beach :p

[Boner M]

Jeff Nichols' Mud just played, general word is that it's fairly conventional but solid nonetheless.

Anyway my award predix:

Palme: Love
Grand Prix: In the Fog
Director: Leos Carax
Actor: Mads Mikkelsen
Actress: Paradise lady
Screenplay: Beyond the Hills

UCR: Our Children

[soitgoes...]

I can see Haneke's film not winning if only because The White Ribbon. I'm gonna go with Kiarostami's film, if only to get Brightside's hopes up so ridiculously high that it is indeed the most amazing thing ever since whichever Denzel/Scott collaboration blah blah blah...

[Boner M]

I can see Haneke's film not winning if only because The White Ribbon. I'm gonna go with Kiarostami's film, if only to get Brightside's hopes up so ridiculously high that it is indeed the most amazing thing ever since whichever Denzel/Scott collaboration blah blah blah...
Dardennes and Imamura have won two Palmes, and Moretti was part of the latter's jury (allegedly bullying president Adjani into awarding it, lol); Haneke's stature is slightly above either of those two in their prime and I can easily see him joining their ranks.

The only challengers to Haneke seem to be Carax and Cronenberg, although I think the jury'll go with the safe choice. Mungui has its supporters, but I think it's too early in his career for his to join the double-Palmes. Weird feeling about Rust & Bone being be a dark horse...

Kiarostami's was dismissed by many, though I think a screenplay award could happen.

[Pop Trash]

Part two of the Film Comment round table:

http://www.filmlinc.com/film-comment/entry/cannes-roundtable-ii-on-carax-resnais-kiarostami-lee-daniels-and-more

[baby doll]

The most popular movie seldom wins the Palme, so even if Haneke hadn't already won, I wouldn't bet on L'Amour. My guess is Cosmopolis (just a feeling) with the Haneke winning one or possibly both acting prizes, or alternately the Grand Prix. Nicole Kidman also seems to me a possibility for best actress. Resnais is my guess (hope?) for the best director prize. I'm guessing the Andrew Dominik film will get something--screenplay, perhaps. The Egyptian film seems destined for some sort of special jury prize. I'd be surprised if the Carax was completely shut out, but even more surprised if it won the Palme. Then again, what the hell do I know.

[Ezee E]

Who is on the jury?

I'm thinking Haneke gets awards, but not the Palme. That'll be either Cosmopolis or Rag & Bone.

[Boner M]

Rag & Bone.
:)

[Russ]

Anyway my award predix:

Actor: Mads Mikkelsen

Over Dennis Lavant? Huh. Interesting.

[Spaceman Spiff]

RUST and Bone was totally average. Dunno why Audiard decided to make such an unremarkable film to follow up Un prophete. It's so movie-of-the-weekish, and I'll be shocked if it wins anything at Cannes.

[Pop Trash]

RUST and Bone was totally average. Dunno why Audiard decided to make such an unremarkable film to follow up Un prophete. It's so movie-of-the-weekish, and I'll be shocked if it wins anything at Cannes.

Mike D. said it was only that on a surface/plot synopsis level.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Mike D. said it was only that on a surface/plot synopsis level.

Really? Has Adrock also chimed in on his thoughts on french cinema?

[number8]

I dunno, Prophet was stunningly mediocre, so I don't really expect much from Roast and Bone.

[Pop Trash]

Really? Has Adrock also chimed in on his thoughts on french cinema?

The ghost of MCA told me he is a fan of Chantal Akerman's feminine gaze.

[Ezee E]

:)
Whoops. Freudian slip?

[Spaceman Spiff]

The ghost of MCA told me he is a fan of Chantal Akerman's feminine gaze.

Ah, 'twas a sad day.

Anyways, Roach and Bone. What did Mike D find so formally/thematically interesting about it? Not that I consider Un prophete do be particularily inspired, but at least it's audacious and an interesting examination of the French penal system. This movie really is quite content being a very unexceptional romantic drama about how love can be tested when your bombshell girlfriend suddenly loses both her legs. Cotillard is smoking as always, so it's reason enough to at least rent the film, but there's just nothing there that's interesting or new. A very competently made 'blah' movie.

[Watashi]

Amour won the Palm d'Or. I still need to see The White Ribbon.

[Spinal]

Nice. Haneke is one of the best.

[Boner M]

Anyway my award predix:

Palme: Love
Grand Prix: In the Fog
Director: Leos Carax
Actor: Mads Mikkelsen
Actress: Paradise lady
Screenplay: Beyond the Hills
Well 3/6 isn't so bad I guess. (http://www.fandor.com/blog/daily-cannes-2012-palme-dor-for-hanekes-amour/)

Holy Motors' shutout is a shocker, although it was leaked that Moretti hated it leading up to announcement. :frustrated:

[Spaceman Spiff]

Amour? Really? I dig Haneke, but it almost seems like he gets too much love from Cannes. White Ribbon wasn't anywhere near the best film that festival (though I do quite like it), and well, the excitement of a Carax mindfuckery makes me disappointed that they went for the safe choice with old people in it.

Of course, maybe it is totally awesome, so whatever.

[Spinal]

White Ribbon wasn't anywhere near the best film that festival (though I do quite like it)...

Agreed on this. I've only seen 5 of the films from that year, and I'd place it 4th at best.

Enter the Void ****
Inglourious Basterds ****
Antichrist ****
The White Ribbon ***
Vincere ***

[Pop Trash]

I call Italian shenanigans on Reality winning Grand Prix. Most of what I read about it wasn't that favorable. On the other hand, some compared it to Bunuel which naturally sparks my interest.

[Pop Trash]

Agreed on this. I've only seen 5 of the films from that year, and I'd place it 4th at best.


Hmm I'll play Cannes 2009 as well:

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Dogtooth*
3. Drag Me to Hell*
4. Bright Star
5. Mother*
6. Up*
7. A Prophet
8. The White Ribbon

*in Un Certain Regard or out of competition

I still haven't seen Antichrist, Enter the Void, Precious, or Broken Embraces yet among others...

[Bosco B Thug]

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Wild Grass needs some love
3. The White Ribbon

HM: Vincere, A Prophet

Forever eh: Enter the Void, Antichrist, Dogtooth

[Rowland]

Including out of competition:

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Antichrist
3. Dogtooth
4. Wild Grass
5. Mother
6. Vengeance
7. A Prophet
8. Up
9. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
10. Thirst
11. Drag Me to Hell

Meh: Vincere

Nay: Samson and Delilah, Bright Star, Enter the Void, Precious

[Stay Puft]

2009

Competition:

Face (***1/2)
The White Ribbon (***1/2)
Bright Star (***1/2)
Fish Tank (***)
A Prophet (***)
Thirst (**)

Un Certain Regard:

Father of My Children (***1/2)
Nymph (***1/2)
Air Doll (***)
Dogtooth (***)
Mother (***)
Samson and Delilah (*1/2)

[Morris Schæffer]

Amour? Really? I dig Haneke, but it almost seems like he gets too much love from Cannes. White Ribbon wasn't anywhere near the best film that festival (though I do quite like it), and well, the excitement of a Carax mindfuckery makes me disappointed that they went for the safe choice with old people in it.

Of course, maybe it is totally awesome, so whatever.

I haven't seen Amour, but is a Haneke film ever truly "safe?" One of the old people is French acting legend Jean-Louis Trintignant so maybe that played a role too.

[Bosco B Thug]

2. Antichrist
2. Dogtooth
3. Wild Grass Oh fellow Wild Grass enthusiast, opinions are such a b*tch. Bright Star, though, was totally disappointing.

Anyway, looking forward to Amour and Holy Motors da most.

[Pop Trash]

TEAM BRIGHT STAR

[Pop Trash]

I doubt the Haneke will be a "look at the cute old people" movie. I don't think a heart crushing examination of love and death is really "safe."

[Henry Gale]

It might just be that my general taste has broadened or the reporting on everything Cannes has become more thorough thanks to the internet and social media, but I don't know if I've ever wanted to see so many things coming out of this festival.

I mean, even the potential disasters have me curious.

[Stay Puft]

It might just be that my general taste has broadened or the reporting on everything Cannes has become more thorough thanks to the internet and social media, but I don't know if I've ever wanted to see so many things coming out of this festival.

I mean, even the potential disasters have me curious.

In previous years, I've noticed that Un Certain Regard always has the films I'm excited about, whereas the Competition films usually don't interest me outside of a handful. This year, though, there wasn't much that caught my attention in Un Certain Regard (a lot of unknowns, to be honest, but even looking at the winners nothing tickles my fancy), whereas I'm excited about almost every single one of the Competition films.

[Rowland]

TEAM BRIGHT STARThat's a pretty big team. I was one of only a handful of people who were underwhelmed by it if I recall correctly, otherwise the praise was pretty widespread and effusive. Sure was pretty though.

[Ezee E]

I doubt the Haneke will be a "look at the cute old people" movie. I don't think a heart crushing examination of love and death is really "safe."
Yeah, sounds like quite the devastating movie.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Word form France on Cannes 2012 winners. That word is 'mixed with quite a few complaints and question marks':

(Palme d’Or) L'Amour: Very good film, but a little disappointing that it won the Palme d'Or after Moretti's initial claim that they wanted to see something fresh and new. Biggest crime of this year's festival is Holy Motors' shutout, and many prefered that one over the Haneke.

(Grand Prix) Reality: A fun movie but about 12 years too late and says nothing about the nature of reality television and its impact on society that we haven't heard before. Adds nothing to the overall discussion. Others are giving the "well it's fun and funny" praise, but most remain unconvinced and puzzled by its success at Cannes.

(Prix de la Mise en Scene) Post Tenebras Lux: Half of the critics are saying that this is a load of crap, the other half are saying that it's beautifully well made and might necessitate a second viewing. Not too many are fully sold on this yet. Jury well and truly out.

(Prix du Scenario) Beyond the Hills: Very weird screenplay winner. The direction is largely impeccable and this film could have easily walked away with the mise en scene award, but there's nothing particularly special or exciting about the screenplay. Cries of this film being a little too pretentious, as well at 2.5 hours and dialogue scenes that take massive pauses between sentences.

(Prix du Jury) The Angels' Share: Minor Loach, although apparently pretty funny in an "everything about Scotland is awful" kinda way.

(Prix d’interpretation masculine) Mads Mikkelsen: He does a good job with the material he's given, but loads of french critics have been saying that this movie is crap. Mikkelsen is clearly and neatly portrayed as a nice guy/saint in an awful condemning world which does away with any depth and profundity this character (and story) might have had.

No word on the female winners - the two depressed looking Romanian girls. Mungiu most def has a type.

[Boner M]

No word on the female winners - the two depressed looking Romanian girls. Romanian cinema most def has a type.
Fixed.

[Henry Gale]

In previous years, I've noticed that Un Certain Regard always has the films I'm excited about, whereas the Competition films usually don't interest me outside of a handful. This year, though, there wasn't much that caught my attention in Un Certain Regard (a lot of unknowns, to be honest, but even looking at the winners nothing tickles my fancy), whereas I'm excited about almost every single one of the Competition films.

Yeah, the actual winners don't excite me as much as a lot of the other ones that vyed for those spots. Then there's the added bonus to hear that a bunch of them (like Holy Motors, Like Someone In Love, Mud) secured distribution in the past week, and are likely to come out by the end of the year.

[baby doll]

Agreed on this. I've only seen 5 of the films from that year, and I'd place it 4th at best.

Enter the Void ****
Inglourious Basterds ****
Antichrist ****
The White Ribbon ***
Vincere ***Since all the cool kids are doing it...

1. Vincere (Marco Bellocchio)
2. The White Ribbon: A German Children's Story (Michael Haneke)
3. Un prophète (Jacques Audiard)
4. Les Herbes folles (Alain Resnais)
5. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
6. The Time That Remains: Chronicle of a Present Absentee (Elia Suleiman)
7. Antichrist (Lars von Trier)
8. Bright Star (Jane Campion)
9. Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodóvar)
10. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold)
11. Enter the Void (Gaspar Noé)
12. Thirst (Park Chan-wook)
13. À l'origine (Xavier Giannoli)
14. Vengeance (Johnnie To)

I think the first eight are all highly impressive films, nine and ten are both fairly solid, ten has moments of brilliance (if only the film didn't drag so much in the last hour), twelve is amusing but forgettable, and thirteen and fourteen are mediocre but not terrible. (If I were master of the universe circa 2009, I'd swap the last three out and put Dogtooth, Police, Adjective, and Precious in the main competition.) I still want to see Indepencia, Kinatay, Le Père de mes enfants, Spring Fever, and Visage.

[number8]

So Proust and Bone won nothing? So much for that.

[Pop Trash]

No word on the female winners - the two depressed looking Romanian girls. Romania most def has a type.

Fixed fixed.

[number8]

Hahaha these are great:

http://collider.com/lesbian-vampire-warriors-poster-zombie-ass-poster/168555/

[Watashi]

I want Flight of the Storks NOW.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I'm leaning more toward Fire Twisters or Dragon Wasps.

[baby doll]

http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/hot-flashes-cannes-poster.jpg

How is this movie a thing?!?

[Derek]

http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/hot-flashes-cannes-poster.jpg

How is this movie a thing?!?

Someone finally decided to tap into the ripe menopausal sports fan market.

[transmogrifier]

It has to be Death Sushi for me.

[Irish]

http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/hot-flashes-cannes-poster.jpg

How is this movie a thing?!?

They shouldn't have put Darryl Hannah right under Eric Roberts' name. I had to check twice to make sure that figure wasn't Roberts in drag.

[Spinal]

I thought their glory days were over. I thought wrong.

[Winston*]

It has to be Death Sushi for me.

Ahem. Dead Sushi.

BTW Million Dollar Crocodile is clearly the best.

[Spinal]

BTW Million Dollar Crocodile is clearly the best.

Is that the one about the scrappy young crocodile that no ones believes in that finds an unlikely mentor in Clint Eastwood?

[Derek]

Is that the one about the scrappy young crocodile that no ones believes in that finds an unlikely mentor in Clint Eastwood?

Yep, and on his way to the top he's paralyzed by sucker punch from a dirty-fighting alligator. The scene where Eastwood mercifully kills the croc is supposed to be aces.

[Spinal]

And the croc is menopausal? Wait, I think I got confused somewhere in there.

[Boner M]

The Hot Flashes could easily be the next Ken Loach film.

[Spinal]

Apparently Virgina Madsen replaced Melanie Griffith (http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/03/01/030112-gossip-briefs-1-2/) who left the film due to 'creative differences'.

[baby doll]

I just noticed that the director of The Hot Flashes is the same lady who made Desperately Seeking Susan. This just gets sadder and sadder.

[transmogrifier]

Ahem. Dead Sushi.

BTW Million Dollar Crocodile is clearly the best.

Well, I just improved their title for them, so I should get royalties.

[Boner M]

Holy Motors (and Amour) are playing Sydney Film Festival in mere days. :eek:

[baby doll]

Holy Motors (and Amour) are playing Sydney Film Festival in mere days. :eek:I can't wait for the Euro porn mash-up version, Amorous Motors.